FBI Continues 2257 Inspections

Bethlehem, PA--The FBI conducted it's second 2257 inspection this morning in what now appears to be a methodical nationwide investigation of U.S. porn producers.

JJ Ruch, sole proprietor of Sebastian Sloane Productions, was visited by a squad of four Federal agents earlier this morning at his home office in Bethlehem, PA.

According to Ruch, agents inspected all of his model release forms, copies of model IDs, computers, cameras and even searched his kitchen and living room.

"They arrived in a big black SUV with government license plates, got out of the car and knocked on the door," Ruch told X-Biz online. "Once I opened the door, they moved forward inside and said, 'We'll do the search ourselves.'"

There has been no mention in any reports that the agents showed Ruch a warrant.

"I was a complete nervous wreck," Ruch told Adult Video News. "They were just taking pictures of my model contracts and model IDs. They had a machine that they put the model information in and it tells them whether the model is 18 or not."

During the four and a half hour inspection, agents told Ruch that the FBI has 16 inspection squads who will be investigating adult content producers throughout the nation for the next several months.

"The agents said they've compiled two years worth of research on the adult industry, using Whois and reviewing video-on-demand sites to see whose producing what," Ruch said.

Ruch told both AVN and X-Biz that he passed the inspections.

"I've always kept the books in line just because of the possibility of an investigation like this," Ruch said.